The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσχίζω“I split”
- English todayschizocoele
From Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “I split”) + κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour”; especially “hernia”; “rupture””).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσχίζω all →
schistocyteschizo-schizontschizopeltidtrichoschisis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.